New Era of Games

Posted by DesertFox on March 14, 2007, 3:02 p.m.

<table width=100%><tr><td style="background: transparent url(http://64digits.com/users/DesertFox/header_line.PNG) repeat-x scroll 0%; width:100%; height: 24px;"><h2 style="color:black">A Few Standards</h2></td></tr></table>Well, I'm a mod. A game mod. *ponders* Hmmmm…

So, here's how its going to work. You all have to give me cookies. Lots of cookies. And pie, and cake. Various foods and such. You have to do this, or else. Else what? I don't know. But I'll think of something.

On the subject of game acceptance, I swear to tell then truth, the right to remain silent, one nation indivisible, till death do us part. I am going to accept things according to certain standards. Simple examples are not going to cut it anymore, stuff like "simple platfromor example" which just have a guy walking around and jumping, with set-height jumping and set-speed walking. You are going to need to make it worth downloading. Same goes for games. If I feel that there was effort put into it, I'll accept it. If its fun, interesting, and worth downloading, have no fear.

A lot of people say that the standards need to be stricter. When a game is denied, the author gets an email - hopefully soon Melee will implement the 'also automatically sends a PM the same as the email' idea we were talking about. In these messages, I'll always explain exactly why it was denied, and how to fix it, if possible.

If I see something that I feel has promise, but needs work, I'll send that person a PM with a few suggestions, as well as other possible sources of help. Hopefully, this will increase the quality of accepted items.

Examples need to be exactly that - something that you can learn from. Stuff like 'omg jump example' doesn't work anymore. Examples need to be something new - something original and helpful. If you say to yourself 'I made this in like 5 minutes' don't send it in. If you made it in 5 minutes, chances are so could anyone else. There are of course exceptions, but those are people like FredFrederickson. I've also seen some WIPs that are far too early to be submitted. There needs to be some sort of gameplay for a wip. Having a menu and a 1 room level that you can explore in 5 seconds, with no enemies - that is not a wip. That is a tech demo, an engine.

So blah. I've got some standards, and I'm going to use them. Don't worry, I won't just deny everything. If you are borderline, I will probably send you a PM asking if you would rather have me deny it or just remove the preview pic and accept it, or if you have a better version than when you submitted it.

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Damn the new GM7 examples being different. I got tricked into accepting one. *looks at GM7 examples so it doesnt happen again*

<table width=100%><tr><td style="background: transparent url(http://64digits.com/users/DesertFox/header_line.PNG) repeat-x scroll 0%; width:100%; height: 24px;"><h2 style="color:black">>=(</h2></td></tr></table>I'd also like to talk about Jabberwock. I know that he isn't known very well. I knew who he was, and I know that he's a stable person, and has never gotten into trouble on 64D. I realize he was an unexpected choice, but at least give him a chance to prove himself. Don't you think it would suck if someone like you became a mod, and everyone was like "Who the hell is [egretfillet]?" "I've never heard of him"

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One of the books is 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' - the novel that Bladerunner was based on! Another is Neuromancer. How interesting. I'm going to take that class next year. It looks awesome.

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Comments

WaleedAmer 17 years, 7 months ago

DesertFox, you're my hero!

sk8m8trix 17 years, 7 months ago

ZOMG!!! *dies*

Alx 17 years, 7 months ago

Yeah I agree that people should give Jabberwock a chance.

Dragonos 17 years, 7 months ago

Funny user-tags.

Got me.

How do you use them anyway?

Yes the standards are raised. ^_^

Crane-ium 17 years, 7 months ago

Haha, nice little movie thingy.

Also, I like your standards and your setup. I hope the other mods adopted a better method of excepting games such as yours. Good job. 10/10

Rob 17 years, 7 months ago

Quote:

"Who the hell is Rob?"

>=O

Meh.

Nighthawk 17 years, 7 months ago

Congratulations on becoming a mod! [:)]

Castypher 17 years, 7 months ago

Well, I just passed over that last line, so it didn't get me. I noticed it after I saw people saying things about usertags.

Congratulations, DF.

JoshDreamland 17 years, 7 months ago

lol at the user tag. I believed it for a second there. 0_o I musta been tired. xP

Jaxx 17 years, 7 months ago

Why hank you for you for reffering to me. No its alright.

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